Nice flair and view!

Suffice to say I love this shot as well. Did you darken it, or was that the natural lighting? I wonder what the trail would look like in the onset of spring... that's my favorite season.

Just one more slightly stupid question: How do you make your borders? Is it a tool on photoshop? Because I spend a shameful amount of time actually making it in Paint, lol, and it's such a pain.

Thank you very much

The lighting didn't quite look like that when I was there. I set the exposure compensation to about -1.7 I think to get a faster shutter speed and an overall darker image. I think I increased saturation and contrast very slightly when I edited this, though.

And there are no stupid questions! I use Corel Paint Shop Pro X to edit my photos. It's $100 to buy the newest version and does everything I want it to. Basically, all I do is go to the image menu and select add borders. It allows you to select the color and width and everything. I usually start by adding a 1 pixel border of black or white, then 49 pixels of the opposite color. It's really easy, only a couple of steps.

There is free software out there that will help you out as well, I don't know what works well though.

Ah, maybe no stupid questions, but there are always ignorant people. I'll start looking around at buying some good photoshop software. I have the Microsoft Office Picture Manager, and it does well enough with contrast and saturation and such. Those automatic borders would be much more convenient, though. Thanks for all the advice, and again, great shot!

Beautiful! Love the way the trail leads you to the seat and beyond!

This has to be the embodiment of autumn. I'm in love.

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brilliant shot!

I love the way the trail leads your eye into the photograph

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I'm in awe of the sheer brilliance of this shot.
It's so tranquil and the trail leads your eye through the photo, almost making you want to know what it leads to.
It really is awesome. I love it... +fav!

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really really really good!!!

I love your work

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beautifull shot